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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , , , NORFOLK NEBRASKA FltlDAY SUPTEMBtitt 24 1800 AUTO PLUNGES OFF A TRESTLE THREE WOMEN DEAD , FOUR PERSONS - SONS SERIOUSLY HURT. OUT "JOY RIDING" ALL NIGHT Frightful Accident Occurs In Seattle. Car Crashes Through Wooden Rail ing on Trestle and Drops Twenty- five Feet , the Tank Exploding. Seattle , Sopt. 23. Three women were killed and throe men and n wo man seriously injured when a motor car containing eight persons jumped off a trestle nt Fourth am' * | . Uor streets early today. The doa J - Wlnnlo Frazor. < ? Two young women , names hoik e to bo Johnson and Porter. Injured : F. K. Lindsay. Thomas Finch , a chauffeur. Christina Anderson , aged 1C , a wait ress. ress.Axol Axol Anderson , ngcd 25 , n waiter. Plunges Through Wooden Rail. Tlio party had been out all night "Joy riding" and visiting various places of entertainment. At Fourth and Waller streets a sharp turn Is made In the trestle , but the machine ran right ahead and crashed Into and through the wooden railing. As the machine struck the mud twonty-flvo foot below , the tank ex ploded and ( lames nroso Instantly above the trostlo. Women Are Burned. An alarm of fire was turned In and 'when the firemen arrived two women were dead , with all the clothing burned from their bodies. Another woman , horribly burned , was hurried to the city hospital , but died before she could bo treated. All of tin Injured men wcro bruised and burned , and ono suffered a broken log. Scream Comes From Underneath. After the firemen had cared for all the victims In sight , they turned water on the blazing automobiles ; then n woman Imprisoned under the over turned car screamed : "I'm burning to death ! " The firemen got her out by prying up the car. Steering Gear Broke. Tlio chauffeur. Henry Jlisor , went over with the machlpo but , finding ' himself unhurt , ran toward town , tell ing a man who tried to stop him that ho was going for help. The police ar rested him. Ho told them that the steering gear broke just as he was making the turn. LEE M'CUING ' NEW TREASURER \ Yale University Treasurer Now Treas urer of United States. Washincton. Sept. 23. Leo Mc- Clung , the treasurer of Yale univer sity , has been selected as treasurer of the Unltod States , to succeed Charles II. Treat NEW AMERICAN AVIATOR Has Flo 'n Successfully at Luccrpe , Switzerland New Type Ship. Lucerne Switzerland , Sept. 23. Anew now American aviator , Pan U. Hurl- bert , has b < en In several successful aeroplane flights hero lately. His ma chine Is different from existing aero pianos Insomuch as It travels length wise tin ouch the air and 1ms two pro pellers , one In front and one behind. CHARGE FATHER WITH GRIME Herman Schleuter , Near Stanton , Ar rested by His Wife. Stanton , Nob. , Sopt. 23. Special to The News : Herman Schleuter , who lives about four miles northwest of town , was arrested today on complaint of his wife , Emma Schloutor , who charges him with having committed a eilmo upon their daughter , Anna , a young girl about 15 years old. The Schlonters have heretofore been regarded as hard working people and the charge Is a decided surprise to all who know thorn. BATTLE CREEK POSTMISTRESS Mrs. Leonora Snyder Appointed to Fill the Vacancy. Battle Creek , Neb. , Sept. 23. Spe cial to The News : Mrs. Leonora Sny der has been appointed postmistress nt this place , succeeding F. W. Rich ardson. ALBION MYSTERY CLEARS UP I Missing Man Is Located at Lincoln ; Mind Believed Unbalanced. Albion , Nob. , Sopt. 23. Special to The News : Excitement does not run so high , nor the mystery seem so mysterious , for the family of J. C. Botsford have received word that the missing man has been located at Lin coln. Harry , the eldest son , wont to Lincoln today to Identify his father. Various superstitions bad arisen re garding his disappearance. It Is now generally conceded that the man had become mentally unbalanced and wan dered away. It Is not known w > 'nt condition the man Is in nor what will bo done with him. Uoy Burt , city electrician , was taken sick with typhoid fever Tuesday. CONDITION OF m WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-Tour Hour * Forecast for NebragKa Condition of tliu weather HH record ud for tlio twenty-four bourn ondlnK at R n. tn. today Mnxlnuim . G5 Minimum . 35 Average . CO Barometer . 29.93 Chicago , Sept. 23. Tlio bulletin Issued - sued by tlio Chicago station of tlio Unltod States wcntlior bureau gives tlio forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight and Friday ; slightly cooler tonight east portion ; warmer west portion Friday ; frost tonight. MAYBRAY AND 82 PALS INDICTED EIGHTY-FOUR "MIKES" FROM ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY. MILLION IS INVOLVED Conspiracy to Defraud by Use of the United States Malls , Is Charged In a New Indictment Against Fake Race Horse Operators. Council Bluffs , Sopt. 23. The United States grand Jury this afternoon re turned Indictments against J. C. May- bray and eighty-two alleged confed erates , charging conspiracy to defraud by the use of the United States mails. Eighty-four victims in all parts of the country are named. Half n million dollars Is involved. Council Bluffs , la. , Sept. 23. On the motion of the United States dlstilct attorney hero today the two Indict ments found against J. C. Maybray charging him with using the malls to defraud in connection with the promo tion of fake races in this cly wore dls- mlrsed by Judge McP'ierson. This action was taken alter motions to quash had been argued at tangth. lUnybray was held , however , to await the report of the present pi anil jury. It is understood that the two indict ments which were returned some months ago wore Intended merely lo hold the prisoner In custody until the oiili lals could secure nwe evidence on which to MJO new and more se- charges. M'CANN ' FOUND GUILTY Jf- GRAFT CHICAGO POLICE INSPECTOR IS CONVICTED BY JURY. ROTTENNESS IN CHICAGO POLICE A Jury Returned a Verdict Thursday In the Court of Judge Barnes , Chica go , Convicting Police Inspector Ed ward McCann. Chicago , Sopt. 23. Police Inspector Edwar McCann , charged with "graft- Ing , " was found guilty by n jury which reported In Judge Barnes * court today. WRECK GARS IN OMAHA STRIKE NEARLY A DOZEN IMPORTED STRIKEBREAKERS INJURED. BOY SHOT DURING WILD NIGHT After a Night of Many Sensational Ru mors and Some Display of Lawless ness , the Omaha Street Car Strike Situation Remains Tense. Omaha , Sept. 23. After a night of many wild rumors and some display J I of lawlessness tn which a number of cars were badly wrecked , nearly a dozen of the Imported car men In jured , ono boy shot and a largo num ber of arrests made , the street car strlko situation shows no material change today. Cars are running on practically all lines , but not In the numbers of normal times as had been promised by the company yesterday. It is understood that a conference is to bo hold here today between the three mayors , Dahlman of Omaha , Koutsky of South Omaha and Maloney of Council Bluffs , In whoso Jurlsdlc- tlons the Omaha and Council Bluffs street car system operates , to endeavor - or to devise some means of bringing about a settlement of the strlko. The Omaha city council Is to meet again today to consider the matter. It Is stated that none of the car men who were Injured In last night's riot Is In a dangerous condition , although several are unable to report for duty , Engineer Cole Killed. Broken Bow , Neb. , Sept. 23. O. L. Cole , engineer of a pile-driver on the Burlington road , was Instantly killed by the breaking of a chain on the ma chine The accident occurred between Mason and Lltchfleld. Colo's body was brought to Broken Bow. DEATH LIST PROBABLY 100 NUMBER OF KNOWN DEAD WILL | REACH FORTY IN LOUISIANA. i 1 MANY COUNTIES NOT REPORTED When the Final Count of the Fatall- tics of Monday's Gulf Hurricane are In , It Is Thought About 100 Will be On the List. Now Orleans , Sept. 23. At nn early hour today the list of known dead who perished In the Terre Benne par ish during Monday's hurricane had been swelled to more than forty , and it Is believed n score or more will bo added to this number. Additional re ports of death In other sections of Louisiana are also being received and the toll of human life destroyed by the hurricane will count perhaps n bun dled people when the final count has been mado. Further details of property loss , reaching millions of dollars , come with gradual restoration of communi cation. Relief parties in Terre Benne parish are continuing their work to day. Flvo hundred sufferers from the storm are being cared for at Iloma , the parish seat of Tone Benne , and in surrounding neighborhoods. A few fishermen with almost forlorn hope that missing relatives and friends may be found or at least their dead bodies discovered or that they may icssurrcct some of their lost belong ings remain upon the scene of their desolated homes. The families of Theodore and Wal ter ( Rhodes , numbering fourteen people ple , are now repoited as being almost certainly among the dead In Terre Bonne. Others not located who are believed to have perished are Dick Gray , wlfo and seven children ; Inez Verrct and family of four ; C. Bolt and wife , and Norway Fouray. Find Dead Humans and Beasts. Carcasses of cows , horses , hogs and dogs strew the prairies for miles and dead birds and muskrats are floating on tlio waters of the bayous. The bodies of three fishermen were found In the Louisiana marshes sev eral miles southeast of New Orleans , It was reported today. Two children near Boise Dutacre , La. , wore drown ed when skiffs In which families wcro lleeing struck obstructions. Two were killed by the collapse of a house near Clinton , La. No trace of the crow of nine men of the sloop Seven Bro thers , wrecked near the Rllogets , twenty miles east of New Orleans , had been discovered. A relief expedition , equipped by the Louisiana game commission , left New Orleans today for the gulf coast , going direct to Lake Cathnrln. From there It will make its way towards gulf ports , distributing supplies and ren dering aid to the sufferers. NEST OF ESCAPED CONVICTS One Negro Shot to Death , Another Recaptured by Officers. Houston , Tex. , Sept. 23. Stove Hayes was shot to death and Charles Delaney is in the hands of officers as u result of the successful raiding of a stronghold of escaped negro convicts near Sand Point today. Anti-Jewish Riots Denied. Berlin , Sept. 23. An Investigation of circumstantial and sensational reports - ports circulated In America for the last two days that there had been fatal anti-Jewish rioting at Kiev , Russia , last week , in which hundreds of per- bens were killed or wounded , shows that the rumors not only lack confir mation , but are given specific denial by several reliable persons on the spot. SHELDON AND BURKETT TALK. Ex-Governor and Senator Speak Before Associated Fraternities of America. Omaha , Sept. 23. Ex-Governor Shel don and Senator Burkett were the guests at the meeting of the Associat ed < Fraternities of America Tuesday morning i and both made speeches in favor i of frnternallsni. Disastrous Storm In Cuba. Washington , Sept. 23. More than ton lives were lost and property worth over $2,000,000 was destroyed In the cyclone which recently swept over the < province of Plnar del Rio , Cuba. Communication < between Havana and the < storm area in the western part of i the province was cut off except at two 1 or throe points and reports of damage arc just reaching Havana. More than 2,000 people are without shelter i or supplies , several hundred houses ] and huts and tobacco barns , several i thousand acres of tobacco and many small vessels along the coast were destroyed. Rains Cause 100 Deaths. Constantinople , Sopt. 23. Torentlal rains have caused the loss of 100 lives and ; destroyed COO houses nt Horns , n town i of Northern Syria. Topeka Fireman Killed. Topeka , Sopt. 23. Flro hero early today destroyed the Otto Kuehno pre serving and pickling works , caused a loss of | 12C,000. Harry Jones and II. C. Gurtlor , firemen , wore Injured by falling walls , and Jones died later. Gurtler will recover. COPENHAGEN'S ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME TO DR. COOK. Whatever the rest of the world may think of Dr. Cook's claim to honor as the dlscoveiur of the north polo , Copenhagen and Its people certainly In'Moved In him and gave many evidences of their tiust. As soon us It wan learned that Dr. Cook was on his way to the Danish capital from the far north preparations were begun to greet him. One of the pidinvs shows Dr. C > ! v ui > unLurking from the steaim-r that tool : him to the Danish capital. The man who Is extending an arm to help the explorer is tin1 crown prince of Denmark , and tin-elderly gentleman Is Unltod Pt'itos Minister Fgnn. Thi1 piers of Copenhagen were thronged when the vessel bcarl1 g Dr. Cook steamed Into the iviriw r HK > greater part of t' ' < ' populace turning out to welcome and cheer the Amcrl an. KILL NINE PRISONERS FLEEING | JAILBIRDS ARE MOWED DOWN BY MILITARY GUARD. FIVE PRISON GUARDS WOUNDED Nineteen Jail Prisoners at Osh , In Asiatic Russia , Made a Break for Liberty While Walking Under Guard Nine Dead , Nine Shot , One Free. Osh , Asiatic Russia , Sept. 23. Nineteen priboners attempted to es cape from the local jail last evening. While walking out for exercise they attacked their warders , wounding five , and j then made a break for liberty. A military j guard fired at the neeing men. Nine ] wcro killed , nine others were wounded and one prisoner got away. SUFFRAGETTES IN RIOT Sentenced to Hard Labor Women Break Court Room Windows. 1 London , Sept. 23. Ordinary Im prisonment having failed to check rioting on the part of suffragettes , a magistrate at Birmingham this after noon sentenced Mary Leigh and Charlotte - lotto Marsh , two of the ringleaders in the outbreak at the meeting in BIrm-1 1 ingham the night of September 17 when Premier Asqulth delivered an address on the budget , to two and three months at hard labor respec tively. I | Another woman was given one ] i month at hard labor and others var- ' lous times of Imprisonment. . When tlio sentences were announc ed a number of suffragettes In court , j picked up whatever they could lay tholr hands on In the form of missiles and broke the windows of the court room. TAFT GETS IIP AT 6 A. M , President Makes Short Address In , Early Morning Hours. Glonwond Springs , Colo. , Sept. 23. J President Taft reached Glenwood Springs nt G o'clock this morning , and after a stay of forty-five minutes loft for Grand Junction and Moutrose. I | While hero the president was greet ed by hundreds of citizens , many of whom had come a long way from tholr innches In the surrounding valleys to pay their respects to the nation's ex ecutive. The president awoke early and greeted the people from the plat form of his car. He mndo n short ad dress and shook bands with n number of prominent citizens. The presidential train is scheduled to arrive at Montrose , Colo. , at 2:45 : o'clock this afternoon. Montioso , Colo. , Sept. 23. Montrose saw the busiest time of Its oxlstonco this morning , when preparations were being made to receive President Taft , who was scheduled to attend the open ing of the Gunnison tunnel project this afternoon. All morning trains from every road on the western slope of the Rocky mountains wore crowded and the city was filled with bands , marching clubs and civic organizations. The program , which began with the roar of a cannon on the arrival of the presidential train and closed with a blaze of fireworks at the conclusion , had been carefully rehearsed. The president was to bo presented with the key to the city immediately upon his arrival. Governor Shafroth and other notables speak. The party will then proceed to the west portal of the Gunnison tunnel , where the presidential touch on a gold bell sends a torrent of water through the mountainside and over the arid Uncompaghre valley. Upon his return to Montrose the president will make his principal ad dress. The weather is Ideal. DYNAMITE FOR PRESIDENTS ? Stick of Explosive Found in Town Where Taft Is to Meet Diaz. El Paso , Tex. . Sopt. 23. The discov ery last night of n bomb In a residence being erected In Jaurez , across the border In Mexico , caused n sensation In that town. The police were noti fied and twelve workmen were ar rested. The residence of Camillott Arguellos where the bomb was found , is located a block from the customs house where the presidents will meet. A visit by I President Diaz to Don Arguelles , who ! Is a close personal friend of Diaz , was I thought probable. Colonel Corolla , commanding tlio regular army In Juarez - rez , said the object found was a small piece of dynamite. | I i "It was no more than a quarter of a stick " he said. " I , "It was probably | thrown there by a revolutionist some months ago when anosts were being , , made. " I Mexican Consul A. V. Lomoli of El Pnso admits that a stick of dynamite was found , but attached no slgnlfl- I canco to it. BOY PUSHED OFF BRIDGE Lindsay Lad , at School , Sustains Brok en Arm Madison County Boy. Lindsay , Nob. , Sept. 2X Special to The News : Arthur Uecheri 7-year-old son of August Uochor , a Madison conn- ! , ty farmer , during play at school yes- I tcrday was pushed and fell off n bridge , sustaining a fracture of the right forearm. Ho was brought to the office of Dr. Tobkln , who reduced the fracture , and ho is now doing woll. J ( Mrs. Charles Dlederlch and C. Nlo- | bur were married nt St. Bernard Cath olic church , TO GOV , BODY IS ESCORTED BY MILITIA TO FUNERAL TRAIN. ST. PAUL PAYS ITS RESPECTS During the Funeral Procession From the Rotunda of the Capitol Building to the Train , Thousands Line Streets and Bow Their Heads. St. Paul , Sept. 23. In keeping with the dignity of tlio olfico he once filled as governor of Minnesota and to the accompaniment of tolling bells , the body of John A. Johnson was escorted from the rotunda of the state cnpltol today with military pomp to the train which was to carry it to St. Peter , Minn. , and Its last resting place. Promptly at 9:15 : o'clock the pall bearers , Secretary Frank Day , F. B. Lynch , T. D. O'Brien , E. T. Young , A. C. Wess and J. C. Wise , carried the casket to the heaise , through the dou ble line of honorary pallbearers , com- ' posed of ex-Governors L. F. Hubbard , John Lind , S. R. Vansant , Knnto Nol- i son and Governor Eberhard , Chief Jus- tlco Stewart , Governor John Burke of North Dakota and President Cyrus Northrup of the state university. A volunteer band of 100 pieces made up from the musicians of St. Paul sounded the funeral march to the sol emn time of which ten companies of state militia and three batteries of ar tillery swung slowly Into line ahead of the hoarse. Then came the pallbear ers , the members of the dead govern- or's staff , the university regents , state officers , and former members of the state legislature , state employes , dole- gallons from other Minnesota cities , bodies of Masons , the Elks , the Py- thlans and other civic organizations , and lastly n largo following of citi zens. While the procession was passing through the streets business was sus pended. The sidewalks were Jammed with a silent throng. All who possibly could do so came In this way to pay tholr last tribute. Iowa Honors Brlggs. Andrew. la. , Sept. 23 , The memory of Ansel Rrlggs. foimor governor of Iowa , was honored In the unveiling of a monument In Andrew cemetery , whore his remains were recently bu rled after removal from their original resting place in Omaha. The dedica tion exercises were attended by state olllclals and many other prominent persons. The shaft was unveiled by Mrs. Alexander D. Robertson of Cher okee county , granddaughter of Gov ernor Briggs , PEOPLE OF MAINE WELCOME PEARY SECOND AMERICAN NORTH POLE DISCOVERER WELCOMED HOME. MAKES NO SPEECHES ALONG WAY The Commander Keeps His Own Coun sel Regarding Information He Has on Cook's Discovery Will Remain at Eagle Island Several Days. Van Ccboro , Mo. , Sept. 23. Malno made Its welcome to Commander Rob- eit 10. Peary today and all along tlio route of his journey through tlio state the friendly gieetlngs of the people WCMP a pleasing leeognltlon of his ichlovement In ranching the polo. Commander 1'uary and his family ire expected late today at I'oitlaml , where they will probably remain over night and go their home at Kaglo Bay tomorrow morning. People Gather Around Him. The I'eary party passed through St. John , N. F. , early today and In tlio few minutes between trains several poopla gathered about the explorer and con gratulated him on Ills success. The commander It Is understood will re frain from making any speeches. Silent Regarding Cook. Commander Peary la keeping his own counsel with regard to Informn- lion ho has obtained on the main ques tion , "Did Dr. Cook ilnd the polo ? " Tlio explorer will probably remain at Kaglo Island several days and during that time will assemble the data ho has made on the trip to the pole. Row Over Flag. North Sydney , N. S. , Sept. 23. The sailing of the steamer Hoosevelt was delayed owing to the fact that the records and other Impoitant manu scripts which were taken from the steamer by souvenir hunters had not been rccoveied. Shoitly after G o'clock last night the Roosevelt pull ed out from her pier after taking on a full supply of coal for the run to New York. A few hundred yards from the pier Captain Bartlctt dropped an chor and It Boomed likely that the vessel would remain In the stream un til morning. A steam launch from the govern ment boat Tyrlan went alongside the Ilooscvelt and Naval Commander Dyk- son went aboard. Commander Dick- son had Just come from Sydney where he had held a conference with United States Consul John Kohl with refer ence to the failure of an ammunition ship to display the Canadian flag when welcoming Peary. It was the United States auxiliary cruiser Grampus , commanded by Cap tain Ilenson , which did not hoist the Canadian flag , the failure to do so re sulting In an attack on him by a citizen of Sydney. Captain Ilenson accompanied by Commander Dlckson , placed the matter before the United. States counsel , the Canadian com mander being greatly Incensed over the unfortunate Incident. lie said to the counsel that captain could not dis play the Canadian flag for the very simple reason that he had none on board and as the Grampus only acci dentally met Peary on tlio wav here , the American commander could not possibly secure the Canadian ensign , oven If ho wished to hoist It. WILL BANQUET COOK TONIGHT Neither Nation Nor State to be Offi cially Represented at Function. New York , Sept. 23.No official rep resentatives of the nation or of the state will attend the banquet given for Dr. Frederick A. Cook tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria. The mayor of Now York also has declined to sanction the Brooklyn ex plorer's claims to north polo honors j by attending this , the first public func tion , in honor of Dr. Cook outside of his j own borough , Brooklyn ; but the Now j York City government will bo represented , by Patrick F. McGowan , president of the board of aldermen , and Bird S. Color , borough president of Brooklyn , and several other well known men at the speaker's table. Roar Admiral Winlleld Scott Schley , ictired , will preside by virtue of his position as picsldcnt of the Arctic club , under whose auspices the dinner In given. Other spoikcrs will ho Prof. Win. H. Brewer of Yale , vice president of the Arctic club ; Carl Von Moltke , the Danish minister nt Washington ; Congressman Bennett of Now York , and Job Hedges. OR , COOK ANSWERS QUERIES Goes Through Severe Grilling An swers Frankly Shows Diary. Now York , Sopt. 23. Dr. Frederick A. Cook , socking rest and seclusion with his family after the boisterous welcome , denied himself lo Interview ers and stayed In the suite at the Wai- dorf Astoria until Into last evening , when no submitted cheerfully to ono of the severest crobs examinations since ho announced his discovery of the north pole. The ordeal of the In terview which was conducted by forty newspaper representatives , Including several from foreign newspapers , prov ed at least that ho was not afraid to meet tlio public. Incidentally the city of Now York officially recognized his achievement when the board of aldermen passed a